2 Esdras 2:13-15

Revised Standard Version

¹³ Ask and you will receive; pray that your days may be few, that they may be shortened. The kingdom is already prepared for you; watch! ¹⁴ Call, O call heaven and earth to witness, for I left out evil and created good, because I live, says the Lord.

Exhortation to Good Works

¹⁵ “Mother, embrace your sons; bring them up with gladness, as does the dove; establish their feet, because I have chosen you, says the Lord.